The United States must show sincerity if it is to hold meaningful trade talks, China said on Friday, after US President Donald Trump dramatically raised the stakes with a potentially devastating blow to Chinese tech giant Huawei.

Turkey’s government aims to pass an economic legislation package ahead of next month’s renewed Istanbul mayoral election, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Friday, including the transfer of the central bank’s legal reserves to the Treasury.

Ukraine's new President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday used his inaugural speech to announce his first priority was ending the five-year conflict with pro-Russia forces in the east of the country that has claimed over 13,000 lives.